Smoke Screen - Couverture souple

Mills, Kyle

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0451212789 ISBN 13 : 9780451212788

Editeur : Signet, 2004

Synopsis

Book by Mills Kyle

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

A heart-stopping corporate thriller by the New York Times bestselling author of Burn Factor and Storming Heaven

Through an inexplicable series of unwanted promotions, Trevor Barnett has become the lead spokesman for the tobacco industry just as it's on the verge of extinction. Plaintiff's attorneys have filed a $200 billion lawsuit that the industry will be unable to appeal.

America's tobacco companies react by doing the unthinkable -- they close their plants and recall their products from retailers' shelves. Not another cigarette will be manufactured or sold until the industry is given ironclad protection from the courts.

Trevor becomes the target of enraged smokers, gun-toting cigarette smugglers, and a government that has been cut off from one of its largest sources of revenue. Soon it becomes clear that his role has always been to take the brunt of the backlash and shield the men in power from the maelstrom they'd created.

Abandoned by friends, family, and the industry his own ancestors helped build, Trevor finds an unlikely ally in a beautiful anti-tobacco lobbyist with whom he's secretly been in love for years. Together they hatch a plan to fight back. . . .

Revue de presse

'Like cigarettes, this book should come with a warning; it's that addictive. You will laugh - and you will stop smoking.' - The Australian Way

Praise for Kyle Mills:

If you haven't read Kyle Mills yet you should - I do (Tom Clancy)

A timely and chilling tale . . . The novel's plot is carefully crafted and original, filled with corporate and political intrigue, treachery, betrayal and complex backroom deals that keep big companies humming along. With a refreshing lack of sanctimony, Mills turns the tobacco wars into grist for an absorbing business thriller (Publishers Weekly)

Kyle Mills is that special kind of thriller writer who knows how to keep an ominous chill lurking on almost every page (Allan Folsom)

Fabulous (New York Times)

In the world of political thrillers, I have a feeling that young Kyle Mills will soon be a very big player (Frederick Forsyth)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Signet
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0451212789
• ISBN 13: 9780451212788
• Reliure: Poche
• Nombre de pages: 387
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible